Star your morning in Vilnius with a short run around Vilnius Old town and most famous filming locations. An excursion, location scouting and jogging – all in one hour. Together with Vilnius Film Office. All guests are welcome. Meeting at Amberton Hotel Lobby!

New sales models, emerging markets and the appearance of global platforms. An introduction to film sales, the new landscape for film in the era of digital, the impact of a dying theatrical market, low paying broadcasters, the impact of festivals as a new route to opportunities. How transparency in the industry means we know little about the value of the films we position on the market.

Presented together with Creative Europe Desk Lithuania MEDIA office and Embassy of Canada in Lithuania

An updated overview of the evolving opportunities for indie filmmakers in the VOD/SVOD/digital sector internationally, as to become aware of what else is ‘out there’ in terms of opportunities, going beyond the local boundaries and to tap into the growing interest abroad from other platforms with an appetite for art house, indie film and series (tv,web,mobile), including foreign language productions.

Presented together with Embassy of Denmark in Lithuania and Danish Cultural Institute in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.

Whether you’re Universal or an arthouse production company, the same basic rules of storytelling apply. It’s all about telling a story that excites and engages your audience – and your budget does not limit how good a story you’re able to tell. The budget only affects how far and easily you can distribute it. So, when you have fewer resources, you have to prioritize your efforts. One thing that smaller production companies can learn from the American giants, however, is how to make use of content marketing and how to really engage audiences on social media.

The talk will focus on World Cinema, Kathleen will speak specifically to the Europeans about their entry into the industry via the festival circuit. Kathleen have learned over the years there actually IS always a festival somewhere for every film. She will be talking about using the film festival circuit to short cut your own personal business development/ making film festivals jumpstart your career and doing it strategically crafting the language of the film to work on filmmaker's behalf.

Linda tends to paint big picture of EU audiovisual sector, including an accurate economic overview and insights for new business models for independent filmmakers. She closely follows European digital single market strategy by European Commission and translate it for filmmakers in understandable human language, what impact the political changes will have for their business of filmmaking. Moreover, she masters statistical data by European Audiovisual observatory and combines it with other business tendencies in the global market, comparing with other industries.